Title Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research Council.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, [1999]
	©1999

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 595 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction and background -- Changes to the biology and biochemistry of ecosystems -- Changes in the climate system on seasonal to interannual timescales -- Changes in the climate system on decade-to-century timescales -- Changes in the chemistry of the atmosphere -- Paleoclimate overview -- Human dimensions of global environmental change -- Observations -- Processing and distributing earth observations and information -- Modeling -- Findings and recommendations.
Summary	"This volume encourages a renewed commitment to understanding global change and sets a direction for research in the decade ahead. Through case studies the book explores what can be learned from the lessons of the past 20 years and what are the outstanding scientific questions."--Catalog description.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	U.S. Global Change Research Program.
	U.S. Global Change Research Program.
	Global environmental change.
	Global environmental change.
	Climatic changes -- Research -- United States.
	Climatic changes -- Research.
	United States.
	Global warming -- Research -- United States.
	Global warming -- Research.
	Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Research -- United States.
	Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Research.
	Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Global Change.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Policy Division. Board on Sustainable Development.
Other Form:	Print version: Global environmental change. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©1999 0309064201 (DLC) 99006463 (OCoLC)41319863
ISBN	9780309517805 electronic book
	030951780X electronic book
	0309064201 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
	9780309064200 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

Title Global environmental change : research pathways for the next decade / Committee on Global Change Research, Board on Sustainable Development, Policy Division, National Research Council.

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